Rachel Griffiths
Director
The Idea Of Australia (2025)
Season 1
This bold and provocative four-part series asks the question – What is the idea of Australia and how might we learn from the past to make it stronger in the 21st century?
Released Oct. 15, 2025
Episode 52 min
None+
S1E1 - Land Of The Fair Go?
Australians like to believe they live in the land of a fair go. Is this true or just a comfortable myth? We look beyond the myths to harder truths to reimagine a fairer future.
Oct. 15, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - Making The Nation
Australians know little about the debates, dreams and compromises involved in making the nation in 1901. This makes it hard to change the constitution. If more were known, would change be possible?
Oct. 22, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - Dreams of Land
Land is the heart of Australia. Battles over who owns the land, and how it should be used, are central to the Australian story. Is the old ethos of “finder’s keepers” the best we can do? Can the land be the foundation of even greater national wealth and pride?
Oct. 29, 2025, midnight
S1E4 - Creative Nation
None
Nov. 5, 2025, midnight
SBS
52 min/ep
208 min
Oct. 15, 2025
Nov. 5, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
NR
Action
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